Join the Vigo County History Center for the first speaker series of 2024!

The program, "Native American Code Talkers of WW I and WW II", is presented by Dr. William Meadows, professor of cultural and linguistic anthropology, archaeology, world cultures, ethnohistory and more.

Dr. Meadows has conducted research with many Native American Nations, as well as in Japan, and has carried out archaeological fieldwork in the Midwestern US. He currently teaches and is head of the Missouri State Native American Studies Committee.

He has written seven books and has testified before a Congressional Senate Hearing on the role of the role of Native American Code Talkers in the US armed forces. His testimony and research were seminal in the passage of the 2008 Code Talkers Recognition Act, which brought federal recognition and Congressional Gold and Silver Medals for all Native American Code Talkers.

Some of his other speaking venues include the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the National WW I Museum, and the Army Historical Center.

Admission is FREE for History Center members. General admission to the History Center is $7 for adults.